BLG101: Introduction to Blogging

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BLG101: Introduction to Blogging

Buket Kısmet Şal

April 28, 2014

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+What is a blog?

A website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.

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+Some numbers on blogging

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+Blog Types

Hobbyists Blogs as a hobby Mostly personal

posts

Full Time Bloggers Trying to

make money of blogging

Half-time Bloggers Create

additional income

Support their professional career

Corporate Present services /

products Managed by “Social

Media experts”

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+Blog Topics

Technol-ogy; 21%

General; 20%

Politics; 19%

Other; 17%

Personal; 9%

Gossip; 8%

News; 6%

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+Making money with blogging

Easiest way: Write blogs for someone else

With your blog: Online advertisements and banners Sponsored blog posts

Some well known blogs earn significant money Huffington Post ($2.5M) Mashable ($500K)

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+How to start a blog…

1. Start with deciding on what to blog about

2. Decide on the blog name

3. Decide on the address and platform Blogger / Wordpress / Tumblr …

4. Select a theme that is relevant to your blog

5. Post your first blog entry

6. Promote your blog

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Part IIStarting you free blog

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+Go to www.wordpress.com & click Get Started

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+In the next screen select your username & blog name and select “I’ll use the free address”

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+Final steps before complete

Scroll down the page and click Create Blog button.

It is almost done!..

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+Set the name, tagline (text right under the name) and the language of the blog

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+Choose a theme (Note that some of the are not free!)

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+Customize your theme if you want to…

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+Connecting to your social accounts

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+Choose your first blog post type

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+Create your first blog post

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+Activate your account from your e-mail and you are done

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+Here is how it looks like at the end..

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+Moving on…

You can use

yourblogname.wordpress.com/wp-admin

address to manage your blog(s), change themes, share new posts or edit/delete the older ones.

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Not finished yet..

I want you to create a new blog using WordPress and share at least one post..

And…

Promote your new blog using the hashtag #hrde525 on Twitter

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